Flashbacks and thoughts
This chapter will be in third person, it should go back to first person next chapter...
Chapter 8
That night Kai's dreams are a blank, though she's sure she dreamed. She remembers smiles and laughs. She is content when she wakes up, surprised to see new papers on her desk when she awakes.
Team 7 is waiting on at the training ground when she arrives, surprisingly quiet. For once, she is just being normal, not sneaking up on the genin or arriving early. "Hello." She says as she greets them.
The genin are silent, though there is an air of planning about them as they smile, well Sasuke is as stoic as ever though not for being out of the loop. "Morning Kai-sempai." Sakura says, the first to speak.
"What's going on? Do I have something in my hair?" Kai says jokingly. The team is way to reserved for her liking.
Sakura takes the lead again, surprising Kai with her question. "Senpai, we were thinking. You probably know about us, knowing Kaka-sensei and all; but we know nothing about you. Can you tell something about yourself?"
"Like what?" Kai responds.
"Well, when we first met Kaka-sensei, he had us tell him our likes and dislikes, hobbies, and what not." Sakura continued, shooting a look at Naruto as he seemed to be a bit jumpy.
"All right... But where is this coming from?" Kai asked, wondering why they are seemingly suddenly interested.
"Well, we realised that we don't even know your family name or anything about you..." Sakura continued
*The previous afternoon following Sakura's conversation with Kai*
Sakura was walking through the village, having given the package to her mother. She was just wandering, enjoying her second afternoon off. Suddenly, she sees Naruto coming her way.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouts,as he runs the rest of the distance between them.
"Hello, Naruto." Sakura replied, sweatdropping at her overactive teammate.
"What'cha doing Sakura?" Naruto asked, standing in front of her.
"Nothing really."
"I see... Wanna get some ramen?" Naruto asks excitedly, though is soon deflated some from Sakura's refusal.
The two just walk down the street silently as Sakura asks, "Naruto, what do you think of Kai-senpai?"
Naruto looks confused, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, we know nothing about her. Besides that she somehow knows Kaka-sensei and is strong."
Naruto nods in response. "She is strong and kinda scary. Did you notices the claws on her gloves and the sword?"
"Yeah." Recalling her earlier conversation with the older teen, "And I just saw her and she said she was on a team with genjutsu users..."
"Really? You talked to her?" Sakura nods. "So she knows genjutsu types... Is that what she did to you during the sparing? You just kinda stared into space and then screamed.
Sakura seemed to remember the sparing session and nodded. "We need to learn more about her... Just so we aren't in the dark you know."
Naruto punched the air. "Hai! It'll be like a convert mission!"
Sakura shook her head, "No, you idiot. We first should just ask her... Maybe she just didn't realise that she jumped into training with only telling us her name."
Naruto deflated again. "That's probably better... But if we don't learn enough, we can do some snooping, right?"
Sakura nodded, acquiescing to Naruto. "Hai, let's find Sasuke-kun and let him know!" She started down the road, where she knew Sasuke's apartment was.
Naruto sighed, mumbling. "Why do we have to let that Teme know..."
Kai looked at their faces, they seemed to really want to know this information. "Well, my family name is not something I like to share. Though maybe you'll figure it out, eh?" The genin's faces fell, but Kai continued before she continued. "Likes... Well, I like those honey milk hard candies and looking at the sky from my ledge, though that's probably my only hobby right now. And dislikes... Let's see..." She paused again, thinking. There was so many things she disliked right now. Being in her room, the hospital, that stupid nurse who continually refuses to refill her water cup, the stares and whispers... "I dislike when my older brother throws my cigarettes out the window or when he lectures me."
The team was silent. She watched them, their thoughts reading on their faces. Well, again expect for the stoic Uchiha. Naruto was the first to speak, "You have an older brother? Who is he? Is he a ninja too?"
Kai laughs, the sound is nice and light, the team had only heard her short cropped laugh. This one feels the air and Kai stops, a smile small on her lips. "But that would be telling, wouldn't Naruto-kun? Did I not say I wasn't telling my family name? But, yes, he is a ninja."
Sakura hits Naruto over the head, "Idiot..." She sighs and smiles at Kai, "Thank you, Senpai."
"You're welcome Sakura." Kai turned and walked a few feet away, clearing herself of the emotions she had not felt in ages. Now I really wish I knew what my dream was. Why am I so chipper? She turned and looked at the kids, "Now, today we're going outside the village. I have some ninken that need exercise and you three are at my disposal..."
"What's that supposed to mean, 'at you disposal'." Sasuke finally spoke up.
Kai sighed and said under her breath, "So rude, Sasuke..." And then she said loud enough for them to hear. "I mean, this will be a training exercise in which each of us will be pair with one of my ninja hounds and need to find a list of items." She pulled out some papers from her pocket. "They are just some things you can find in the forest, flowers and plants, nothing special. The first one to find all 5, excluding myself, can choose where I treat you to lunch to."
The teams' mouth fell collectively.
'Kakashi obviously doesn't do much with them outside of training, does he?' Kai thought, walking towards the training ground exit. "Come on, or I'll take back my offer." She called over her shoulder.
The team stayed back a bit, whispering among themselves.
"She didn't give much away, did she?" Sakura whispered.
"No... Just that she doesn't do much. Who's hobby is looking at the sky." Naruto replied, "Besides that lazy bastard Shikamaru."
"But she did say she had an older brother. It might be easier to find out more if we can find him." Sakura said.
"But she didn't say who he is." Naruto replied and was cut off by Sasuke before he could say anything else.
"Yes, but we know he is alive. We can ask around about her. There's not many young jonin in the village. And fewer females." Sasuke explained, "We could ask the other team's senseis and if that is fruitless, the Hokage might give something." Sasuke watched the older teen's back, 'Who is she?'
Let me know what you think... This Third POV was something I felt needed to be done to further the story... Not sure how much longer this will be, but the plot should be coming together in the next few chapters. And Kai's mood? I don't know, but have you ever had the supposedly dreamless night that you woke up relaxed and just feeling happy? Well, I'm in that mood...
Thanks for reading, though a review would be nice just to know what y'all's thoughts are...
two updates in two days... This is not normal and I don't promise anymore this week... After next week, it'll probably fall into a every other week basis, I just have free time right now and not much else I want to do...
Thanks again,
H. Kai & Co.
